Bread Experiment No.4: Malthouse Grain Bread

Here's another bread experiment. This bread flour is a blend of different grains and malted wheat, giving it a real rustic and deep flavour. Again, I've been very happy with the result of the bread, great flavour and great texture and the dough was quite nice to handle.

Having said that, most of the work was done by our new kitchen aid. A kitchen aid is the true secret to no-knead bread. You can just put all the ingredients in the bowl, put the dough hook on and just leave to mix for 5-10 minutes. The machine does all the hard work for you!

After that the process proceeds as usual: the dough is placed in a clean bowl and covered to rise. When it has doubled in size deflate it, shape it to the form you like, let rise again for half an hour, make a few cuts for prettiness and more importantly to avoid the loaf of splitting in an uncontrolled way. Bake in a hot oven for about 30 minutes, leave to cool, and enjoy warm and delicious homemade bread.

The end result was a very flavourful and rich-tasting loaf, but quite light and not too dense. I can definitely recommend this flour and all other Doves Farm products I've tried so far. Using these types of flour gives you a real authentic experience of bread making and bread tasting! It's the real deal.